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Check this out--I'm sure everyone who reads this is going to find something they like!  Snacks!  And all 100 calories or less AND healthy for you (see #26 and 27).  No need to thank me... :)

All Good Things Go Down

It's a success whether it's fast or whether it's slow, or big, or small, as long as it's down!

And I lost another pound.  Oh yeah. :D

C'mon Ladies!

Blog it off!  When you're cravings are ready to drive insane just log in and type it all here--talk yourself right out of it.  Think how great you're going to look in those skinny jeans.  Remember how clothes used to feel so comfortable you didn't even think about it?  You be in charge of you, not food in charge of you!

Thanks to Janel, Bob, Mal, and MJ for posting so far.  Post anything that you think will be motivational, inspirational, or just recreational--RE-creating is what it's all about my dears!  WE GONNA LOSE IT LOSE IT!

Weigh In

Well, this is kind of convoluted (that's what my mother would say anyway), but here goes.  When I started out I weighed 153 lbs.--I'm 5'4".  After a week on Atkins, I dropped the 6 lbs. to 147--the weight loss helped me ignore the fact that I felt blah.  After another week on Atkins - nothing but a headache.  After a weekend of self-soothing (aka eating), I weighed 152--slow learner, quick gainer.  After a week on the John-Alexa- blah-blah-blah diet, I weighed 148.5 lbs and this morning (the end of the 4th week) I weighed 146.5. :D  I'm a happy camper!

I'm also getting up at 6 am every morning to study scriptures for 30 minutes in peace and quiet and working out at the gym: MWF=weight training and 20 min on treadmill; TTH=40 min on treadmill; SS=I don't get up at 6 and I don't go to the gym.  Works for me!

Making Time

This is probably the fifth time I've tried to post. I keep getting distracted. Between the 3 year old, the 17 month old, potty-training (just the 3 year old), naps (for both, sometimes for me, too), the upheaval going on at my and my husband's place of work, and the insane stress of buying a house (we close in TWO DAYS!!), well, it's pretty easy to get distracted.

But the thing is, I NEED to make time for myself.

And I NEED the accountability that doing this on a blog will provide for me.

First weigh-in, today, Wednesday, June 8th, is 212.6 lbs. I'm 5'9".

And I could go into all the reasons I weigh what I weigh, but that's not the point of this. The point is to LOSE it.

I recently had my thyroid checked, and thankfully it came back normal (though I'd like to know where in the normal spectrum I fell, because this isn't the first time my doctor has wanted to check my thyroid...).

In any case, as things are now, I'm good to go in getting rid of this weight. The buying a house process is winding down, we've got everything we need paperwork-wise, just need to sign, (FRIDAY!!! 11am!!!!), and then starts the moving process, but that's something I'm excited to get done, not a chore that's going to stress me out. Oh, and did I mention we are NEVER moving again???? Yeah.

Now I need to make time for me.

Starting today, I'm going to write down everything that I eat. I'm not going to write down exact measurements, that is too tedious, but I am going to pay attention to portion sizes. I'll only drink 2 sodas today. Believe me, that's gonna be difficult enough.

That's enough for now. Otherwise, I'll get overwhelmed! :)

Post-Atkins

What?!!!  POST-Atkins?  How can that be?

I know, I know.  But here's the thing: I CAN'T LIVE LIKE THAT!!!  Atkins may be the final solution for oh so many, but not for me.  So, I've gone back to "The-John-Alexa-No-Fail-Get-Control-Of-Yourself-Diet" which has one hard and fast rule that is incredibly easy to remember (though sometimes tempting to ignore):

The-John-Alexa-No-Fail-Get-Control-Of-Yourself-Diet
1. Don't eat so much. Duh.

It's working.  And the good thing is that I know that I CAN live like this even after I've lost what I need to lose.  And I feel good--no "Atkins Flu".  And, best of all, slowly but surely the scale is going down.   I've almost lost those 6 pounds that found me hiding behind Atkins.... ;)

Two Words:

Krav Maga.

Mike and I went to try out this not-so-ancient form of hand-to-hand combat at a gym here in town. They have three classes a week and they were giving us a free trial, but because the two self-defense/combat training classes (which is what we were particularly interested in) are on nights Mike has class we could only make it to the Krav Maga fitness class.

Two more words: holy crap.

I thought I was going to pass out in the first fifteen minutes. After the warm-up it wasn't quite so bad--I guess that's what the warm up is for--but now that it's the next morning everything between the soles of my feet and my lower back is in exultant post-intense-workout pain.

You have got to YouTube this stuff.